Editing Clay County, Minnesota (section)

==Government and politics==
In national elections, Clay County has been a Democrat-leaning swing county for several decades. From 1992 to 2020, it voted for the winner of the presidential election. Since 1928, the only years in which Clay did not go for the election winner were 1960, 1968, 1988 and 2024. The presence of [[college town]] [[Moorhead, Minnesota|Moorhead]] and proximity to [[Fargo, North Dakota]] makes the county more liberal than others in western Minnesota.

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|15,965|16,121|788|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|15,043|16,357|839|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|13,543|12,971|2,884|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|12,920|15,208|758|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|11,978|16,666|615|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|14,365|12,989|383|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|11,712|10,128|1,518|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|8,764|10,476|2,079|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|9,666|9,845|3,967|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|10,380|11,186|139|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|11,565|10,294|119|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|10,447|8,940|3,121|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|10,317|10,876|515|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|11,089|9,076|235|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|7,910|7,987|663|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|6,085|10,161|39|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|8,278|7,241|25|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,783|6,057|15|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|7,178|5,036|20|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|4,302|6,624|219|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|4,392|5,230|52|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|4,450|6,295|48|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|2,880|6,282|459|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,556|5,938|270|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|5,057|3,128|87|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|3,081|439|3,396|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|4,943|1,335|493|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,549|1,716|193|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|549|942|1,561|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,857|1,125|182|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,185|388|223|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,903|1,165|133|Minnesota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,594|1,908|90|Minnesota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|959|594|833|Minnesota}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+County Board of Commissioners<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Commissioners |url=https://claycountymn.gov/132/Board-of-Commissioners |website=www.claycountymn.gov |publisher=Clay County, Minnesota |access-date=April 23, 2025}}</ref>
! District
! Commissioner
! Assumed office
! Current term ends
|-
| 1st || Paul Krabbenhoft || 2021 || January 2029
|-
| 2nd || Ezra Baer || 2025 || January 2029
|-
| 3rd || Jenny Mongeau || 2015 || January 2027
|-
| 4th || Kevin Campbell || 2003 || January 2027
|-
| 5th || David Ebinger (Board Chair) || 2025 || January 2029
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+State Legislature (2023–2025)
! colspan="2" |Position
! Name
! Affiliation
! District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |
| Senate
| [[Rob Kupec]]
| [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]]
| District 4
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |
| House of Representatives
| [[Heather Keeler]]
| [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]]
| District 4A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| House of Representatives
| [[Jim Joy]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| District 4B
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+U.S Congress (2023–2025)
! colspan="2" |Position
! Name
! Affiliation
! District
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| [[Michelle Fischbach]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Michelle Fischbach |url=https://fischbach.house.gov/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210103173409/https://fischbach.house.gov/ |archive-date=January 3, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021 |website=fischbach.house.gov}}</ref>
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Minnesota's 7th congressional district|7th]]
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |
| [[United States Senate|Senate]]
| [[Amy Klobuchar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar |url=https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=www.klobuchar.senate.gov}}</ref>
| [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]]
| N/A
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party}}" |
| [[United States Senate|Senate]]
| [[Tina Smith]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.smith.senate.gov/ |access-date=June 24, 2020 |website=Senator Tina Smith |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party|DFL]]
| N/A
|}